A24’s Elden Ring movie adaptation started filming this week in London. While many of the project’s details remain tightly under wraps, unofficial photos and videos from the set give fans insight into what writer-director Alex Garland is cooking up. Those leaks show certain confirmed cast members on set and verify that some fan-favorite game characters will be featured in 2028’s Elden Ring.
Set photos posted by Shortlist show the production filming at Old Royal Naval College in South London. The college will apparently stand in for multiple locations in the Elden Ring movie, including Leyndell, the Royal Capital, which is situated at the foot of the Erdtree. Photos from the set show actors wearing Leyndell Knight armor, embroidered Erdtree banners, and college windows decked out in the wax-sealed coverings seen in the game.
Other props on set, as seen in leaked photos, indicate that the Old Royal Naval College may also be repurposed for scenes at Stormveil Castle, home of Godrick the Grafted, and the Academy of Raya Lucaria, where players face the Red Wolf of Radagon and Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon.
Photos and videos show dozens of extras on set, including merchants, soldiers, and residents (even children), suggesting that these scenes could take place prior to the cataclysmic event known as the Shattering. The Leyndell that players experience in Elden Ring is far more desolate than the bustling version of the capital city we’re seeing from the movie set.
Eagle-eyed Elden Ring fans even spotted a gallows that appeared to confirm the inclusion of an infamous Tarnished character from the game. Lo and behold, on Wednesday, video from the set showed that the loathsome Dung Eater will appear in Garland’s Elden Ring. Filmmakers appear to be recreating the scene of Dung Eater’s public execution as seen in Elden Ring‘s opening cinematic.
Other shots from the set offer a peek at actor Kit Connor’s unrevealed character and what appears to be Emma Laird as Queen Marika walking through Leyndell. Many of the leaks appear to support the theory that Garland’s Elden Ring adaptation will take place before the events of the game, fleshing out the story by focusing on the familial drama that led to the shattering of the Elden Ring, the violent struggle for power, and the devastation of the Lands Between. Previous set leaks showed a live-action recreation of a battered and broken Church of Marika, so perhaps the film will swap between time periods.
On Monday, A24 announced a March 3, 2028 release date for the Elden Ring movie. The film studio also revealed its cast, which includes:
- Kit Connor (Warfare, Heartstopper)
- Ben Whishaw (Peter Hujar’s Day, Skyfall)
- Cailee Spaeny (Alien: Romulus, Civil War)
- Tom Burke (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Black Bag)
- Havana Rose Liu (Tuner, Bottoms)
- Sonoya Mizuno (Ex Machina, House of the Dragon)
- Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes, The Crown)
- Ruby Cruz (Bottoms, The Threesome)
- Nick Offerman (The Last of Us, Margo’s Got Money Troubles)
- John Hodgkinson (Dear England, Napoleon)
- Jefferson Hall (House of the Dragon, Oppenheimer)
- Emma Laird (28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, A Haunting in Venice)
- Peter Serafinowicz (Guardians of the Galaxy, Dark Souls 2)
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